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Archive for May 2012

Sailing to Stay Young

May 11, 2012
Anyone who says sailing is a young man’s — or young woman’s — game hasn’t met Cornelia Spanier, who turns 97 on July 26. "My aunt Connie is an amazing lady," writes Greg Clausen, who keeps his Santana 30 Wisdom in Sausalito. More »

Volvo Ocean Race

While some of us were enjoying a slow race to Vallejo last weekend, the 70-ft Volvo Ocean Race boats were mimicking the same conditions only on a much larger scale. Once out of Itajaí, Brazil, and on the way to Miami, Ken Read’s Puma got out in front and never looked back. More »

Sailing-Centric Activities

May 9, 2012
At the Bay Model, Kame Richards uses Angel Island as his podium to help sailors understand how to use the Bay’s currents to their advantage. latitude/LaDonna
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If the recent delightful weather has given you ‘boat fever’, there are a number of fun ways to feed the addiction over the next several days. More »

Solo Sailor to Circumnavigate Japan

The fact that Kirk Patterson speaks and reads Japanese fluently will undoubtedly come in handy during his upcoming circumnavigation of that island nation. But he has to cross a huge patch of ocean before he can use those linguistic skills. More »

Aegean Skipper’s Body Found

The San Diego County coroner has identified a body found by Southern California fishermen on Sunday as that of Theo Mavromatis, the skipper of the doomed Hunter 376 Aegean. Mavromatis (49) and crew Kevin Rudolph (53), William Johnson (57), and Joseph Stewart (64) were racing in the cruising division of the Lexus Newport to Ensenada Race on April 28 when their SPOT tracker suddenly stopped transmitting in the early morning hours. More »

Save China Camp

May 7, 2012
Compared to other regions, such as the Pacific Northwest, there’s a dearth of quality cruising destinations on San Francisco Bay, so when one of them is threatened, boaters need to band together to save it. More »

German Student Seeks Home

May 4, 2012
Two years ago, Cheryl Williams, who works with Inter-Ed to place foreign students in California homes, contacted us to see if we could help find a host family for a 16-year-old German student who was passionate about sailing. More »
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Enough About Lights, What About Tanks?

Please, no more letters about lights on cruise ships, as we’ve been overwhelmed with responses. We’ll have the best of them in the June, not May, issue. One respondent, however, also went off on a tangent about fuel and holding tank gauges that rarely seem to work. More »